State lawmakers are working on a new law that would crack down on a growing form of harassment known as "revenge porn."

State lawmakers are working on a new law that would crack down on a growing form of harassment known as "revenge porn."

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Updated: 6:15 AM EDT Mar 20, 2014

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WEBVTT WE'LL STAY ON TOP OF THIS AND GET YOU FRESH INFORMATION AS SOON AS WE CAN. RIGHT NOW STATE LAWMAKERS ARE WORKING ON A NEW LAW THAT WOULD CRACKDOWN ON A GROWING FORM OF HARASSMENT BEING CALLED REVENGE PORN. IT ALL STEMS FROM A CASE HERE IN FLORIDA INVOLVING A UCF STUDENT. BRETT CONNOLLY JOINS US HERE TO EXPLAIN THIS ONE. BRETT? MARTHA, THIS BILL WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BY THE SENATE. FLORIDA LAWMAKERS TAKING A STANCE TODAY WITH THE EASE OF WHICH SEXUALLY EXPLICIT PHOTOS AND VIDEOS CAN BE USED AS BLACKMAIL OR HARASSMENT. SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE IDEA TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA FOR REVENGE SUCH AS AN EX-BOYFRIEND OR EX-GIRLFRIEND, POSTING A NAKED PHOTO OR VIDEO. UNDER THE NEW BILL, PEOPLE COULD NOW FACE SECOND DEGREE MISDEMEANOR CHARGES OR FIRST DEGREE MISDEMEANOR CHARGES IF THE IMAGES ARE OF SOMEONE UNDER THE AGE OF 16. IT IS A BIG VICTORY FOR STATE SENATOR DAVID SIMMONS WHO SPONSORED THE BILL. WE SPOKE TO HIM LAST MONTH AS HE WAS WORKING TO MAKE REVENGE PORN A CRIME. YOU CAN DO TREMENDOUS DAMAGE TO AN INDIVIDUAL WITH JUST THE PRESS OF A BUTTON. THE CLICK OF A KEY. IN FEBRUARY, UCF POLICE SAY ONE OF THEIR STUDENTS WAS BLACKMAILED BY REVENGE PORN. 20-YEAR-OLD SEAN SHA HEED TEXTED HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND ALLEGEDLY THREATENING IF SHE GAVE UP INFORMATION TO HELP CAMPUS POLICE IN AN INVESTIGATION WHICH HE WAS A SUSPECT, HE WOULD POST SEXUALLY EXPLICIT IMAGES ALL OVER SOCIAL MEDIA. POLICE SAY THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HE DID TEXTING THE VICTIM "THANKS FOR RATING ME OUT FOECHLT. LAWMAKERS HOPE THE BILL WILL SEND A MESSAGE KEEPING UP IN A DIGITAL WORLD. HE WAS CHARGED WITH A COUPLE OF CRIMES INCLUDING WITNESS TAMPERING BUT NOT REVENGE PORN SEEN AS THOUGH IT WAS NOT YET